Shark attacks in NC - wwyd?

[Anonymous]

Guess they will updating the Delaware statistics too.

[Anonymous]

Ocean shitty. No thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leaving this weekend for a week at Bald Head Island (few miles away from this week's three - THREE! - shark attacks). I don't want the kids in the water at all but DH thinks I'm going overboard. These kids were attacked in waist-deep water in the same area... WWYD? Luckily we have a pool to swim in but I do feel bad saying no ocean when we're at the beach.

I could have written this! Had another convo with DH about this earlier and still he insists all is safe. I'm now going to read this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are far, far, far more likely to be killed or seriously injured during your drive to NC than by a shark. Do you stop driving every time you hear about a car accident?

Take your chances all you wish. By all means go swimming anywhere you want. I am not so desperate to have my family swim in the Ocean that I'd be willing to risk this. Re: car accidents. I take precautions. We all wear seatbelts. We don't drive during Saturday nights after 11:00pm when drunk drivers are more likely to be out. I make sure I am well-rested before driving on long car rides. I have to drive for work, etc. I don't have to swim in the ocean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ocean shitty. No thanks.

Ocean City perennially has among the cleanest ocean water in the country.

http://www.wjla.com/articles/2012/06/america-s-cleanest-beaches-list-includes-dewey-beach-ocean-city-77355.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see the news reports about the two Oak Island attacks (and at least one expert speculated it could have been the same shark responsible for both attacks). What was the third NC attack?

We'll be vacationing just a little north of that area in August. To be frank, I don't really love going in the ocean anyway, as I am (and have always been) irrationally afraid of sharks. I'll probably stay ankle deep with my toddler anyway, and save the swimming for the pool.

Ok, this newest attack happened at the island where I'll be vacationing in Aigust, yikes. http://wncn.com/2015/06/24/boy-suffers-possible-shark-bite-in-nc-surf/ . Thankfully the child's injuries were minor.

[Anonymous]

What is going on in the water that is causing these sharks to go after people?? Food shortage?

[Anonymous]

Don't go in the ocean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is going on in the water that is causing these sharks to go after people?? Food shortage?

Um. No.

Case of mistaken identity.

Very few shark attacks worldwide in any given year.

[Anonymous]

Here we go again?

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/29418254/shark

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here we go again?

http://www.myfoxdc.com/story/29418254/shark

For those of you who don't know and don't want to click, it is a video of a shark feeding frenzy at Cape Lookout NC in the Outer Banks. Personally, I stay out of the water there because of the rip tides, so never encounter the sharks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are far, far, far more likely to be killed or seriously injured during your drive to NC than by a shark. Do you stop driving every time you hear about a car accident?

Take your chances all you wish. By all means go swimming anywhere you want. I am not so desperate to have my family swim in the Ocean that I'd be willing to risk this. Re: car accidents. I take precautions. We all wear seatbelts. We don't drive during Saturday nights after 11:00pm when drunk drivers are more likely to be out. I make sure I am well-rested before driving on long car rides. I have to drive for work, etc. I don't have to swim in the ocean.

You're still more likely to be plowed over by a drunk driver going the wrong way on the highway at 10 in the morning than you are to be injured by a shark.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Don't go in the ocean.

How about Myrtle Beach?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu4QsFX_KyQ

[Anonymous]

We need shark hunter to thin out their numbers

[Anonymous]

what can we do to make the beaches safer from sharks